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2005 Oceania Cup

Date	2 June– 26 October 2005
Countries	Cook Islands  Niue  Tahiti  Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands  Vanuatu
Final positions
Champions	Cook Islands
Runner-up	Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
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The 2005 Oceania Cup was an international rugby union competition for countries and territories from Oceania with national teams in the developmental band. It was run by the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions, which is the administrative body for rugby in the Oceania region.

The tournament, won by the Cook Islands, also served as the first two rounds of the Oceania qualification for 2007 Rugby World Cup.

First round

Pool A

Rank	Team	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	142	10	+132	6	Qualified for final
2	Solomon Islands	1	0	1	27	57	–30	4
3	Vanuatu	0	0	2	15	117	–102	0

Vanuatu	12 - 20	Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands	7 - 45	Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea	97 - 3	Vanuatu

Pool B

Rank	Team	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Cook Islands	2	0	0	71	27	+44	6	Qualified for final
2	Niue	1	0	1	60	32	+28	5
3	Tahiti	0	0	2	30	102	–72	0

Niue	55 - 8	Tahiti

Tahiti	22 - 47	Cook Islands

Cook Islands	24 - 5	Niue

Finals

Cook Islands	37 - 12	Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea	20 - 11	Cook Islands

Cook Islands won on aggregate (48-32) and was also admitted to Round four of Oceania qualification for 2007 RWC.

References

1. "2005 Oceania Rugby Championship". www.rugbyarchive.net. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
2. "2007 Cook Islands Vintage Old League Jerseys". Classic Rugby Shirts. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

See also

• FORU Oceania Cup

• FORU Oceania Cup
• 2005 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 2005 in Oceanian rugby union